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R. A. WES-.OLEK.

CIRCUIT CLOSER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-11918.

Patented June 17, 1919.

vvitmaoo 0o UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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CIRCUIT-CLOSER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 17, 1919. I

Application filed Iovem'bcr 5, 1918. Serial No. 261,295.

To all whomz't may concern:

a Be it-known that I, RIC ARD A. Wrisonax, a citizen of the vide means actuated by the clutch pedal when in normal position for showing a.

green light and ared light when the pedal is depressed.

The invention also consists .in certain ,other features of construction and in the V combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

I In describing my invention in detaiL'ref- -erence. will be had tothe accompanying difi'erent position.

drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and 1n which Figure 1 is a. diagrammatic view of an automobile supplied with my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the operating means with the parts thereof in a Fig. 3 is a face viewof the lamp casing.

In these views, 1. indicates the clutch pedal of the automobile which asses through the inclined part 2 of the floor of said automobile. 3 indicates a bracket having its upper end secured to the under side of said part 2 andhaving its lower end formed with a right angular extension 4. 5 indicates a push rod slidingly supported in said bracketand having its 'u per end passing through said floor 2 wit in convenient reach of the driver of the automobile. 'The lower end of said rod is provided with a right angular extension 6 to which is secured a casing 7. The ends of this casing is carries acontact 10. 11 is a member sliding formed of insulated blocks 8. The upper block carries a contact 9 and the lower block in said casing between the blocks and having secured thereto a. rod 12 which passes through a hole in the lower block 8. The lower end of this rod is provided with a head which is engaged by a part of the clutch pedal. The head is kept in engagement with this part by means of the spring 13 located. in the casing between the upper block S'and the member 11 and tending to force saidmember downwardly. The rod .5

carries an enlargement 14 which is engaged by abow shaped spring 15 connected to the bracket. These parts are so arranged that the enlargement will be held by the spring atone or-the other end of the bracket as the driver operates the rod 5. This will move the casing 7 and the parts carried therebg so that in one position of the parts the r0 will be in contact with the clutch pedaland in the other position said rod will be out of contact with said pedal.

At the rear of the machine I locate a lamp casing. 16 which isdivided into two com partments by a partition .17. These corn partments each contain an ordinary electric lamp 18 and the face of the lower compart ment is covered by a transparent plate,'preferably of red color while the upper compartment is covered by a like plate of greencolor. The lamp is provided with the usual- 'side opening 16 The lamp in the upper compartment is electrically connected with the contact 9 while the lam in the lower com artmentis connected wit the contact .10. he rod 12 is connected with the electric circuit of the automobile.

Thus when the automobile is underway the clutch pedal will force the member 11 into engagement with the contact 9 and thus close the circuit to the lamp in the upper compartment so as to show a green light. When the automobile is to be stopped the clutch is released and this will permit the spring to force the member 11 into engagement with the contact 10 and thus close the circuit to the lamp in the lower compartment to show a red light and thus notify the machines followin that the machine ahead isabout to stop. f the sto is to be of any duration the driver will pu on the rod 5 so *as to raise thecasing out of contact with the clutch pedal so as to permitthe spring to hold the parts with the red light showing.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily a parent.

I desire zit to -be understood't at I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall'within the scope of-the -appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A device of the class described comgrising a pair of contacts, a movable memer adapted to engage said contacts, means for actuating said. member and means for disengaging said member from the actuating means and causing said member to permanently engage one contact.

2. In combination with an automobile and its clutch pedal, a circuit closer including'a casing, a contact on each end of the casing, a movable member in said casing, a rod con nected with said member and adapted to be In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature.

RICHARD A. WESOLEK. 

